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Shouting Stones bringing variety to free concert Sunday

This is the second of three concerts in the Summer of Sunshine Concert Series, which is presented free by the Family Sunshine Center from 4-6 p.m. This second concert is being held at The Sanctuary, 432 S Goldthwaite St., Montgomery.

This is the second of three concerts in the Summer of Sunshine Concert Series, presented by the Family Sunshine Center

The Shouting Stones are in concert Sunday to raise awareness about domestic violence and sexual assault.

This is the second of three concerts in the Summer of Sunshine Concert Series, which is presented free by the Family Sunshine Center from 4-6 p.m. This second concert is being held at The Sanctuary, 432 S Goldthwaite St., Montgomery.

"We're going to do a mixture of '60s and '70s rock, and some from the 1950s actually," said Bruce George, lead guitar player and vocalist for The Shouting Stones. "Kind of a wide variety of stuff."

The 7-member band also includes George's wife Debbie and Ashley Nunn as vocalists, Babs Couch (drummer and vocalist), Kirk Curnutt (bass and vocals), Scott Hayes (guitar and vocals), and Mike Keeling (keyboard and vocals).

"Everybody sings," George said. "Most of the songs we do are songs that everybody knows... It's just a fun band. We do fun music."

George has played in the Montgomery area for about 40 years, and the band has been together for about 14 years, George said. "We like to do things for the community," he said. "This is a good cause, and we feel that it's good to be able to help them out."

"(George) is really excited about doing this," said Jennifer Hartley, public affairs and development associate at Family Sunshine Center. She said people can bring chairs, coolers and snacks. The concert will be indoors, but may overflow to outside, she said.

The Shouting Stones will perform Sunday at The Sanctuary, presented by the Family Sunshine Center.(Photo: Contributed)

"We are trying to do a series of concerts in areas where we're not as widely known for awareness," Hartley said. "We just did one in Prattville a couple of weeks ago." That concert featured rodeo girl and country singer Jessie Lynn.

The Family Sunshine Center's goal is to end family violence and sexual assault. They serve Autauga, Butler, Chilton, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes and Montgomery County, and offer additional sexual assault services in Dallas, Perry and Wilcox counties.

"We've been in existence for more than 36 years," Hartley said.

They offer safe shelter, counseling for adults and children, advocacy and education. All their servies are free, thanks to to a mix of federal, state and local grant funds, plus private donations.

"Our main objective is to bring awareness to domestic violence and sexual assault, and to let people in our counties, the people that we serve, know what our resources are and know how to reach us and how to refer to our resources," Hartley said.

After Sunday, the next concert in the series will feature the Lo-Fi Loungers on Sept. 23 at Confederate Park in Greenville.

All three groups in the concert series are offering their music free of charge.

Family Sunshine Center offers 24-hour crisis assistance at 334-263-0218 or 1-800-650-6522. You can support FSC simply by going to their website at familysunshine.org and hitting the GIVE button followed by DONATE NOW.

DID YOU KNOW

The Family Sunshine Center received more than 2,000 crisis calls last year and served over 1,800 domestic violence clients through either safe shelter or counseling services. According to the Centers for Disease Control, 10 million women and men in the U.S. suffer physical violence each year at the hands of an intimate partner. The CDC reports that domestic violence costs the U.S. between $8.3 and $12 billion dollars annually. The CDC also estimates that up to 8 million days of paid work are lost each year due to domestic violence. The direct cost of medical treatment for battered women is estimated to be $1.8 billion annually. It is the most common cause of injury for women ages 18 to 44, and it leads to an increased incidence of chronic disease. Abused women are 70% more likely to have heart disease, 80% more likely to experience a stroke and 60% more likely to develop asthma. No workplace or employer is immune from the impact of domestic violence. 1 out of 3 women and 1 in 7 men will experience domestic violence at some point during their lives.